Benchmarks: AquaMark 2.3

AquaMark
is another DirectX 8 benchmark. Using vertex shaders, any card that is DirectX8
compatible will not just have a huge speed boost, the image will also look
better. Default test has 24 MB worth of textures.

AquaMark 1024x768

Video
Card

3DMarks

Ranking

1.

ATi
Radeon 9700 Pro

93

2.

MSI G4Ti4600-TD

81.1

3.

nVIDIA Ti4200 128MB (250/444)

63.6

4.

Abit GF4 8X OTES (275/500)

74

5.

Albatron Ti4280PV (250/513)

71.6

6.

MSI Ti4200-TD8X64 (250/513)

71.1

7.

Prolink PixelView GF4 8X (250/566)

75.8

Again all
the cards are faster then the reference nVIDIA GeForce4 Ti4200 128MB, and that
is also why the Prolink comes in ahead of the other cards. It seems like memory
bandwidth is more important to the videocards then a higher core speed in this
benchmark.

AquaMark 1280x1024

Video
Card

FPS

Ranking

1.

ATi
Radeon 9700 Pro

70

2.

MSI G4Ti4600-TD

56.4

3.

nVIDIA Ti4200 128MB (250/444)

42.7

4.

Abit GF4 8X OTES (275/500)

49

5.

Albatron Ti4280PV (250/513)

47.6

6.

MSI Ti4200-TD8X64 (250/513)

47.5

7.

Prolink PixelView GF4 8X (250/566)

51.1

AquaMark 1600x1200

Video
Card

FPS

Ranking

1.

ATi
Radeon 9700 Pro

50.4

2.

MSI G4Ti4600-TD

41.3

3.

nVIDIA Ti4200 128MB (250/444)

30.7

4.

Abit GF4 8X OTES (275/500)

35.2

5.

Albatron Ti4280PV (250/513)

34.3

6.

MSI Ti4200-TD8X64 (250/513)

34.1

7.

Prolink PixelView GF4 8X (250/566)

37

As we
turn up the resolution, we see that the Prolink is the fastest thanks to higher
memory clocks.